You Bet Your Britches, Claude - Hardcover

Nixon, Joan Lowery; Pearson, Tracey Campbell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670823104 ISBN 13: 9780670823109

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 1989

Synopsis

Shirley and Claude lead a settled life with their adopted son, Tom, until Shirley goes to town to retrieve Tom's sister, Bessie, and the two run into more than their share of trouble with criminals.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

There's never a dull moment when Shirley and Claude (stars of If You Say So, Claude and Beats Me , Claude ) are on the scene. This time they've blown back into town from Texas, bringing with them a newly adopted son Tom. Tom's sister Bessie lives with Mrs. Krumbly, the owner of the Good Eats Cafe. There's a rather Dickensian view of adoption here: Krumbly has paid $20 for little Bessie and now treats her as a servant. When bank robbers appear, Bessie proves she's more than a "saucy, little, no-account, ragamuffin girl" and catches the bad guys in a way that wins her the respect--and reward--that she's due. In the end, she rides home with Shirley, Claude and Tom. Colorful language and Pearson's lively cartoon drawings heighten the zip in this rollicking story. Ages 3-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0670823104
• ISBN 13: 9780670823109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320